diff --git a/test/feed_reader/downloader_test.exs b/test/feed_reader/downloader_test.exs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..397d650
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/feed_reader/downloader_test.exs
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+defmodule FeedReader.DownloaderTest do
+  use ExUnit.Case, async: false
+
+  alias FeedReader.Downloader
+
+  test "downloads decoded bytes, computes a lowercase MD5, and releases its file" do
+    payload = "<rss>feed</rss>"
+    response = response([payload], [{"ETag", "\"v1\""}, {"content-encoding", "identity"}])
+
+    assert {:ok, %{path: path, fetch: fetch}} = download(response, max_decoded_bytes: :invalid)
+    assert File.read!(path) == payload
+    assert fetch.checksum == Base.encode16(:crypto.hash(:md5, payload), case: :lower)
+    assert fetch.etag == "\"v1\""
+    assert fetch.status == 200
+    assert fetch.final_url == "https://example.com/final.xml"
+    assert :ok = Downloader.close(%{path: path})
+    refute File.exists?(path)
+    assert :ok = Downloader.close(%{path: path})
+  end
+
+  test "decompresses gzip before writing and checksumming" do
+    payload = "<rss><channel><title>feed</title></channel></rss>"
+    compressed = :zlib.gzip(payload)
+    midpoint = div(byte_size(compressed), 2)
+
+    chunks = [
+      binary_part(compressed, 0, midpoint),
+      binary_part(compressed, midpoint, byte_size(compressed) - midpoint)
+    ]
+
+    response = response(chunks, [{"content-encoding", "gzip"}])
+
+    assert {:ok, %{path: path, fetch: fetch}} = download(response)
+    assert File.read!(path) == payload
+    assert fetch.checksum == Base.encode16(:crypto.hash(:md5, payload), case: :lower)
+    Downloader.close(%{path: path})
+  end
+
+  test "decompresses raw deflate content" do
+    payload = "<rss>deflate</rss>"
+    compressed = deflate(payload)
+
+    assert {:ok, %{path: path, fetch: fetch}} =
+             download(response([compressed], [{"content-encoding", "deflate"}]))
+
+    assert File.read!(path) == payload
+    assert fetch.checksum == checksum(payload)
+    Downloader.close(%{path: path})
+  end
+
+  test "maps 304 without creating a temporary file" do
+    before = download_files()
+    assert {:ok, :not_modified} = download(response([], [], 304))
+    assert download_files() == before
+  end
+
+  test "returns not changed after checksum and removes the temporary file" do
+    payload = "unchanged"
+    before = download_files()
+
+    assert {:ok, :not_changed} =
+             download(response([payload], []), previous_checksum: checksum(payload))
+
+    assert download_files() == before
+  end
+
+  test "enforces compressed and decoded byte limits and cleans failed downloads" do
+    before = download_files()
+
+    assert {:error, {:resource_limit, :max_compressed_bytes, 2}} =
+             download(response(["long"], []), max_compressed_bytes: 2)
+
+    assert {:error, {:resource_limit, :max_decoded_bytes, 2}} =
+             download(response(["long"], []), max_decoded_bytes: 2)
+
+    assert {:error, {:resource_limit, :max_temp_bytes, 2}} =
+             download(response(["long"], []), max_temp_bytes: 2)
+
+    compressed = :zlib.gzip(String.duplicate("a", 100))
+
+    assert {:error, {:resource_limit, :max_expansion_ratio, 1}} =
+             download(response([compressed], [{"content-encoding", "gzip"}]),
+               max_expansion_ratio: 1
+             )
+
+    assert download_files() == before
+  end
+
+  test "returns stable errors for invalid URLs, statuses, transport errors, and chunks" do
+    assert {:error, :invalid_url} = Downloader.download(:invalid, [])
+    assert {:error, {:http_status, 418}} = download(response([], [], 418))
+    assert {:error, :offline} = download(response([], []), request_result: {:error, :offline})
+    assert {:error, :invalid_chunk} = download(response([:not_binary], []))
+  end
+
+  test "rejects unknown encodings and malformed compressed bodies, cleaning temp files" do
+    before = download_files()
+
+    assert {:error, :unsupported_content_encoding} =
+             download(response(["body"], [{"content-encoding", "br, gzip"}]))
+
+    assert {:error, :invalid_compressed_body} =
+             download(response(["not gzip"], [{"content-encoding", "gzip"}]))
+
+    assert download_files() == before
+  end
+
+  test "converts exceptions while enumerating response chunks to download errors" do
+    before = download_files()
+    chunks = Stream.map(["chunk"], fn _chunk -> raise "chunk read failed" end)
+
+    assert {:error, {:download_failed, %RuntimeError{message: "chunk read failed"}}} =
+             download(response(chunks, []))
+
+    assert download_files() == before
+  end
+
+  defp download(response, opts \\ []) do
+    Downloader.download(
+      "https://example.com/feed.xml",
+      [
+        http_client: FeedReader.TestSupport.TransportClient,
+        response: response,
+        test_pid: self()
+      ] ++
+        opts
+    )
+  end
+
+  defp response(body, headers, status \\ 200) do
+    %{status: status, headers: headers, final_url: "https://example.com/final.xml", body: body}
+  end
+
+  defp checksum(payload), do: Base.encode16(:crypto.hash(:md5, payload), case: :lower)
+
+  defp deflate(payload) do
+    zlib = :zlib.open()
+    :ok = :zlib.deflateInit(zlib, :default, :deflated, -15, 8, :default)
+    compressed = :zlib.deflate(zlib, payload, :finish) |> IO.iodata_to_binary()
+    :ok = :zlib.deflateEnd(zlib)
+    :zlib.close(zlib)
+    compressed
+  end
+
+  defp download_files do
+    System.tmp_dir!()
+    |> Path.join("feed_reader-download-*.xml")
+    |> Path.wildcard()
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/feed_reader/transport_test.exs b/test/feed_reader/transport_test.exs
index 54be975..6a2e4fa 100644
--- a/test/feed_reader/transport_test.exs
+++ b/test/feed_reader/transport_test.exs
@@ -47,6 +47,19 @@ defmodule FeedReader.TransportTest do
     assert Enum.join(response.body) == "body"
   end
 
+  test "sends previous ETags verbatim and exposes a 304 response" do
+    Req.Test.expect(__MODULE__, fn conn ->
+      assert Plug.Conn.get_req_header(conn, "if-none-match") == ["W/\"exact\""]
+      Plug.Conn.send_resp(conn, 304, "")
+    end)
+
+    assert {:ok, %{status: 304, body: []}} =
+             ReqTransport.request("https://example.com/feed",
+               previous_etag: "W/\"exact\"",
+               http_options: [plug: {Req.Test, __MODULE__}]
+             )
+  end
+
   test "follows redirects and reports the final URL" do
     Req.Test.expect(__MODULE__, 2, fn conn ->
       case conn.request_path do
diff --git a/test/support/transport_client.ex b/test/support/transport_client.ex
index 5699c2e..f335dca 100644
--- a/test/support/transport_client.ex
+++ b/test/support/transport_client.ex
@@ -6,6 +6,14 @@ defmodule FeedReader.TestSupport.TransportClient do
   @impl true
   def request(url, opts) do
     send(opts[:test_pid], {:transport_request, url})
-    {:ok, %{status: 200, headers: [], final_url: url, body: ["test"]}}
+
+    case Keyword.get(opts, :request_result) do
+      nil ->
+        {:ok,
+         Keyword.get(opts, :response, %{status: 200, headers: [], final_url: url, body: ["test"]})}
+
+      result ->
+        result
+    end
   end
 end